At least 296 agrarian reform beneficiaries in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato have received their certificates of land titles covering a total area of 696 hectares.
The grant of the land ownership titles was in keeping with a commitment of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to provide agricultural lands for the landless farmers.
Evangeline Bueno, provincial agrarian reform program officer, said the distributed lands were located in Barangay Payong-payong, Pigcawayan town.
“We are doing our best to fast track the distribution of lands as mandated by our Secretary and provide them with support services as a way of bringing the government closer to the people,” she said.
She added the support services will be intensified in the area to capacitate the farmer-beneficiaries and provide them with enterprise development and economic support interventions to make their lands productive, increase their income, and improve their quality of life.